Scrum Master: What is it? Growing in popularity since its inception in 1986 when Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi first introduced the term in their Harvard Business Review article, Scrum is an agile project management framework that helps organizations and companies manage projects, raise team accountability, and lower project costs.

Are you thinking about becoming a certified Scrum Master?In terms of the scrum team, a scrum master acts as the coach and the team’s culture cheerleader. They help their team stay organized and work together more effectively.